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CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 12, 2013
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Emile Hirsch (“Into The Wild”) – 28 years old
Aaron Eckhart (“The Dark Knight”) – 45 years old
Darryl Strawberry (former MLB plyer) – 51 years old
Courtney B. Vance (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) – 53 years old
Marlon Jackson (The Jackson 5) – 56 years old
Ron Jeremy – 60 years old
James Taylor (Singer) – 65 years old
Mitt Romney – 66 years old
Liza Minnelli (“Cabaret”) – 67 years old
Al Jarreau (Singer) – 73 years old
Barbara Feldon (Get Smart) – 80 years old
Andrew Young (Congressman) – 81 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 3/12/13)
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen (Premiere) at 8pm
GSN: Family Trade (Premiere) at 8pm
SPIKE: World’s Worst Tenants (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Dead of Night (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Preacher’s Daughters (Premiere) at 10pm
GOLF: In Play with Jimmy Roberts (Premiere) at 10:30pm
ABC: The Taste (Finale) at 9pm

Get ready for a generous dose of DeGeneres: The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been renewed through the 2016-17 season and will air on the NBC Owned Television Stations as well as some 179 stations representing more than 96% of the country. The series, which  has earned 38 Daytime Emmy Awards during its ten season run, will continue to air on the 10 NBC-owned stations, including WNBC (New York), KNBC (Los Angeles), WMAQ (Chicago), WCAU (Philadelphia), KXAS (Dallas-Fort Worth), KNTV (San Francisco Bay Area), WRC (Washington, D.C.), WTVJ (Miami-Fort Lauderdale), KNSD (San Diego) and WVIT (Connecticut). In addition, the series has also been sold to stations including Hearst Television, Gannett, Belo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, LIN Television, Post-Newsweek Stations, CBS Television Stations, Raycom Media, Scripps Media, Allbrighton Communications, Cox Broadcasting, Communications Corp of America, Grey Television, Journal Broadcast Group, Local TV, Media General, Meredith, Nexstar Broadcasting and Max Media, Mission Broadcasting.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cher may not get to turn back time, but she will be revisiting it. The singing/acting superstar is set to be the first host of Friday Night Spotlight, a new film showcase launching April 5 on Turner Classic Movies. TCM host Robert Osborne will join Cher to kick off the franchise with A Woman’s World: The Defining Era of Women in Film, a collection of 17 films handpicked by Cher to illustrate the evolving roles of women from the late 1930s to the early1950s. Each month following, Friday Night Spotlight will feature a celebrity or expert host who will take viewers through a collection of films focusing on a specific topic. A Woman’s World: The Defining Era of Women in Film will premiere Friday, April 5, at 8 p with Mildred Pierce. “Working with Robert isn’t like working at all. We can’t stop talking about the classics and obscure golden oldies. We talk through the breaks while they move the cameras, check the lighting, and do the touch-ups. I can’t stop when it comes to the subject of old films, and then I get Robert going, and then the crew and director finally say, ‘Ahh, Cher? We have a show to do.’ Robert and I laugh and become gown-ups again. We don’t work. We play every Friday night in April! Come have fun with us,” said Cher, who last appeared on the network with Osborne as a Guest Programmer in September 2011.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rob Lowe will narrate The ’80s: The Decade That Made Us, premiering Friday, Sunday, April 14-Tuesday, April 16 on National Geographic Channel. The six-part series looks at the moments, trends, inventions, and culture that have shaped our world today. “National Geographic Channel is a leader in creating engaging and relevant programs that viewers can trust,” said Lowe.
(Source: Cynopsis)

John Malkovich will star as Blackbeard the Pirate in NBC‘s new action-adventure series Crossbones. Created by Neil Cross, (Luther), and the producing team of Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald (Gladiator, Men in Black, The Ring), Sierra/Engine Television will handle international distribution of the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Christian Slater and Steve Zahn have been tapped to co-star in the ABC drama series Influence. The show is about two brothers: Slater is Ross, a savvy schemer just released from prison after serving two years for fraud. Zahn portrays his brother, Clark.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Josh Lucas and Lynn Collins are set to star in A&E‘s pilot, Occult. The drama centers on an FBI agent who returns to work after going off the deep end while investigating his wife’s disappearance. Lucas (NBC’s The Firm) will star as Dolan, the intense FBI agent. Collins (True Blood, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is the stubborn prodigy Blair, who has been obsessed with the occult since reading The Tell-Tale Heart at age 7.
(Source: Cynopsis)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, newcomer Lorenza Izzo has landed the female lead in the NBC pilot I Am Victor, starring John Stamos. Izzo, who appears in the upcoming Netflix thriller Hemlock Grove, will play Harvard Law graduate Lena Engles; Stamos does suty as a high-powered divorce attorney Victor Port.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 11, 2013
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Melissa Rycroft (Dancing With The Stars) – 30 years old
Thora Birch (“American Beauty”) – 31 years old
Paul Wall (Rapper) – 32 years old
LeToya Luckett (former member of Destiny’s Child) – 32 years old
Benji & Joel Madden (Good Charlotte) – 34 years old
Johnny Knoxville (MTV’s Jackass) – 42 years old
Terrence Howard (“Iron Man”) – 44 years old
Lisa Loeb (Singer) – 45 years old
Alex Kingston (ER) – 50 years old
David LaChapelle (Artist/Photographer) 50 years old
Peter Berg (Director of “Battleship”) – 51 years old
Jimmy Iovine (President of Interscope Records) – 60 years old
Bobby McFerrin – 63 years old
Sam Donaldson (ABC Journalist) – 79 years old
Rupert Murdoch – 82 years old